Who is Profound?

The Blackberry App World finally works in Jamaica.

Considering how rarely I blog I think it is best to use the two-day trial to get Screaming Toaster’s “Wicked” application that allows WordPress blogging through the blackberry.

The set-up was fairly simple and after entering some pertinent details I am now blogging away.

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I have officially given up on Desktop Computers. On Sunday I will be placing an ad to sell my functioning parts- namely the RAM and the Graphics Card. I think I have fully converted to the mobile lifestyle of the laptop.

Unfortunately I do not see myself owning the preferred laptop for a long time- therefore I may have to apply excess patience with this work laptop I was given.

Hopefully I will blog more often with this application. The fancier blogs would still have to be done on a PC.

I recently purchased my LIME Bold (3G) and was eager to ensure that it maintained that pristine look until I was ready to sell it and buy another Blackberry in another six months. There are a few ways to achieve this.

Bodyguardz - In Box

1) Get a belt-clip and never-ever drop the phone. Additionally you should never use the belt-clip for fear of it scratching the edges (the horizantal ones are best for not scratching I think.)

2) Get a Blackberry skin and never place it in a pocket with keys or other objects

3) Get a transparent coating/protector for all the shiny parts and the screen.

I chose the third based on my history with Blackberries and the failure of options 1 and 2 in the past. There are two companies that do this type of thing (to my knowledge) but I chose BodyGuardz over Clearcoat based on a review I received in my email from someone from RIM. To be fair to him he just forwards random stuff on Blackberry from the net so I am not sure he personally endorsed it.

I wish I did not choose BODYGUARDZ! I admit, I am not an art-and-craft major so this type of thing doesn’t come naturally. I got the screen protector on- perfectly- but my first attempt at the shiny parts failed miserably.

I didn’t use my phone for 12hrs during that first botched attempt. Thankfully they gave me two in the box so I could try a second round. This time I ensured that I was careful. Everything was well aligned and left to set for about 10hrs. I covered most of the edges. A week afterwards I noticed that the very thin pieces were loose and therefore causing moisture to be caught under the thin plastic skin. The thin pieces I refer to are near the MicroSD card slot, the bottom where the battery is unhooked and the small piece above the volume button.

Once moisture gets under there it becomes unsightly and I decided to remove the entire thing. Just to be clear I cannot remove the screen protector- I read a bad review about someone who tried to remove a bodyguard from his phone’s screen. What a waste! Why build a thin strip that won’t stay on? Why bother telling me to set it for so many hours when in a few days of normal blackberry use (which blackberry user doesn’t use their blackberry?) it is all messy and worthless?

I heard there is a place near me that uses Clearcoat. What is even better is that THEY will apply it for me. I am going to try them out shortly and review them accordingly.

Some videos taken at the staff launch of the LIME 3G service,

I recently purchased a Lime Bold (3G).

I have been eyeing the Blackberry Bold for a few months before I finally made the decision to purchase. I had to get it from Lime – not just because they help me pay my electricity and cable bill as well as school fee, but also because Lime has the fastest 3G service in Jamaica.

I do not see the point of having a 3G phone on a non-3G network (@Digicel). The Blackberry Bold is the baddest thing alive! It supports up to 16GB of external memory and is a true communication verteran. I update my facebook, googletalk, MSN Live profiles all from Ubertwitter on my BB.

I encourage everyone to get one of these if you are serious about being available.

Below are some pics I took of my BB. They aren’t so good because these were the first time. I will take more when the situation arises.

Queen Ifrica and her fan

It also does video- but somehow I can’t upload/embed in WP.

1) Queen Ifrica

2) Queen Ifrica

3) Konshens

The LIME Bold (3G) is the baddest thing alive!

Things are really working out with the Peal. I can’t get over the novelty of the unit as yet. I probably won’t get over it until I have the case and my 1mb Micro SD card. The case should arrive on Tuesday while the memory card will be some time near the 27th. Maybe then I will stop gushing over the device.

The voice dialer still doesn’t diappoint. It amazes me every time and is a major sell for the Peal. I just did a digit adaptation exercise that should help the Peal be more precise when I ask it to dial numbers. I won’t be inputing numbers with my fingers any more. It already adapts the numbers but doing the voice check increases the accuracy. There is no way to prerecord names in the Pearl though. The voice dialer goes through your address book and spells out the names itself to find a match to your request.

A cool dude from RIM gave an awareness session on the Pearl. I learnt a lot of little things about her. The Pearl allows for tethering- which simply means being used as a modem. I haven’t tried that one as yet but I am sure it will work. He also claimed it can play video- but I haven’t seen that and he wasn’t able to show me.

Blackberrys really win with Enterprise Activation. Wireless Syncronization of my calendar, to-do lists and address book. I also have the regualr Blackberry Internet Solution so that I can mix private. I don’t do any manual sync though- that causes the Blackberry Desktop Manager (4.2) to freeze. I am guessing it won’t freeze if you don’t use the enterprise.

As always, if anything comes up you will be first to know. It is well worth the J$30,000 plus tax but I am glad by company gave it to me free.